Although the Hanford Nuclear Reservation is more than 200 miles upriver from Vancouver, the environmental group Columbia Riverkeeper wants Clark County residents to understand the potential ramifications of a U.S. Department of Energy proposal to reclassify the radioactive waste at the shuttered nuclear production site. Energy is taking steps to change how the federal government labels the nuclear waste left inside Hanford storage tanks.
Riverkeeper Wants To Tell You About Hanford Proposal
Columbian staff writer, The Columbian
Sat, 08/18/2018 - 4:28pm
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Topics: Washington Clark County Vancouver
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